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The Spirit of Love, (sculpture). Artist:  Ingleton, Carlton, sculptor. Kaplan McLaughlin Diaz, architectural firm. Title:  The Spirit of Love, (sculpture). Dates:  1997. Medium:  Mixed media, wood, and concrete. Description:  An installation of three mixed media and wood murals located in the main lobby of the center and a series of forty concrete inserts located on the exterior of the building combine imagery centered around the message for the advancement of a better life and a better world. Representations of places of worship, dancers, science and technology, as well as real instruments, are depicted on the west lobby wall to refer to situations where people come together in harmony. On the east lobby wall are depictions of the artistic and architectural achievements of earlier civilizations. The murals are linked by a central panel which depicts two embracing figures standing on books symbolic of knowledge and experience. The cast concrete medallions which are inset on the exterior walls are images of spiritual affinity, togetherness, and caring which reinforce messages of love and the power of knowledge. Subject:  Allegory -- Passion -- Love Allegory -- Quality -- Prudence Architecture -- Religious Allegory -- Arts & Sciences Performing Arts -- Dance Object -- Musical Instrument Object -- Written Matter -- Book Figure group Object Type:  Mural Medallion Outdoor Sculpture -- New York -- Brooklyn Sculpture Owner:  Administered by City of New York, Department of Cultural Affairs, 2 Columbus Circle, New York, New York 10019 Located Brooklyn Juvenile Detention Center, East New York Avenue & Bristol Street, Main lobby & exterior of building, Brooklyn, New York Remarks:  The sculpture was funded through the City's Percent for Art Program. References:  City of New York, Department of Cultural Affairs, Percent for Art Program, 1997. Note:  The information provided about this artwork was compiled as part of the Smithsonian American Art Museum's Inventories of American Painting and Sculpture database, designed to provide descriptive and location information on artworks by American artists in public and private collections worldwide. Repository:  Inventories of American Painting and Sculpture, Smithsonian American Art Museum, P.O. Box 37012, MRC 970, Washington, D.C. 20013-7012 Control Number:  IAS 67360018   Copy/Holding information Smithsonian AmericanArt Museum Control Number   Inventory of American Sculpture 67360018 Add Copy to MyList Format: HTMLPlain textDelimited Subject:   Email to:

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